Report this post

I wouldn't have put any of the features here on the list. Maybe the auction house which I actually use, but the filtering and sorting functions are lousy.

What I have enjoyed is the combat and the leveling. I love being able to just try out new abilities without having to make a final deceision. I love how you don't have mana and mana potions. They really nailed it when it came to resource managment in this game.

I have played through on normal and am a bit short of halfway through on nightmare. It's not particularily hard, but I do die to the occational boss pack and I really like the challenge level.

I love the "Quick Join" feature. It's really easy to get into a game with friends.

Report this post

Explain why you are reporting this post:(750 characters max.)

D3 hater (D1/2 purist) here...

5. Mixed feelings on the gold AH, HATE HATE HATE the RMAH. Gold AH is alright, but I really feel like they should have put more emphasis on actual item trading. Trading was definitely a skill that took time to learn and required a TON more savvy than playing the AH. The fact that they didn't bother supporting trading and instead went to the AH makes me super sad panda.

4. Again, mixed feelings on it. On the one hand I can totally appreciate what they were doing, poking fun at all the people who said the game looked cartoony and providing something similar to the cow level. But on the other, I'm one of those critics who HATES the change in art direction from the gritty realism to much more stylized dark cartoony look. It makes sense within the context of the way the game looks, but I feel it's a bit /too/ siilly for Diablo : /

3. Agree. I'm actually a pretty big fan of what they did with the companions, and it makes me super sad you're limited to them in the ONLINE SINGLE PLAYER only.

2. From what I've seen, agree again. It's nice to see them put a bit more emphasis on the story. I mean Diablo never really needed a storyline other than, "Diablo is loose! Go kill things and steal the magical armor from their corpses!", but it's nice to see them put together a pretty good one.

Report this post

Report this post

Explain why you are reporting this post:(750 characters max.)

See, this is why I love this site. I can just see Suzie, Mike, Bill and Garrett sitting around saying "There haven't been enough tears in the forums lately, lets write an article to incite the masses. Something positive about a popular (everywhere but here) game should do it.".

Hooked every one of them.

I want a mmorpg where people have gone through misery, have gone through school stuff and actually have had sex even. -sagil

Where's the balance? Where's the other side of the story? Where's the other information for your viewers?

I suppose that's about as likely as your quote.

/gg

Zekiah sums it up nicely.

I logged on to D3 last night for the first time in a week to check if i had sold the last of my hardcore items, looking at my friends list there was 1 person playing, lots of friends had not logged on for days some even weeks. So please don't tell me that Blizzard did things right, gamers that have played good games before are just not playing this pos called d3.

Report this post

Explain why you are reporting this post:(750 characters max.)

The AH destroys the whole reason to play a game like this; LOOT DROPS. Neither myself nor anyone I know has seen a set item drop. That is just ridiculous. I don't want to play "the AH game", I want to play a hack and slash lootfest. Ok dead horse beaten.

Report this post

Explain why you are reporting this post:(750 characters max.)

Originally posted by Z3R01

THe AH takes away from the game. Having the ability to look for level appropriate items with the exact stats you want make damn near every drop you find worthless. Sure you can ignore the AH but its really hard when its so easy to spen 100k gold and completely twink a leveling character.

I honestly would rather trading go back to shady sites and Ebay... It could easily be ignored.

You know that button on the character select screen labled "Auction House"...don't click it. Problem solved.

I do agree that buying items on the AH defeats the purpose of the game. Getting that upgrade drop is what makes these games fun. If it was just a matter of beating the boss...we'd all be done after completing normal mode.

Report this post

"I've been able to gear up some of my characters for no more than the gold I find lying about in game."

Don't you think however that the gameplay would be so much more satisfying and rewarding if you were able to adequately gear up your character with gear you found?

After playing through to 60, I started a new character I found I was getting a lot more excitement from the possibility that gear I found might be better than what I was wearing, which is a fair possibility in the beginning of the game. Later on however as most of the gear is 10 levels below you it becomes much less of a possibility. I don't mind the idea of the AH, but I sure wish they hadn't geared the drop tables to make the AH a better option for gearing up than just getting drops.

Report this post

Explain why you are reporting this post:(750 characters max.)

I disagree on all fronts with the article. I am not sure what Blizzard was aiming for with D3 other than making a fortune of course.

The story was quite dull, dragging out former enemies for no apparent reason. In fact it almost felt like a redo of D1 rather than a new tale in the same story line. THe irony is that the video that Blizzard did (which I quite liked) set this up more of a corruption of Heaven by the Angels themselves, which would have been a fantastic story.

There was no need for Leah, no need for her mom, etc.

You could have just set up the story as Diablo returning in the form of a corrupted angel thrown out of heaven and made the fallen one the one in the video ( i just forget his name at the moment) rather than Tyrael.

On the game dynamics itself, I loved the graphics and effects etc but do not understand for the life of me how they made the decsions on the classes. What was wrong with the existing classes from D2? Paladin and Necromancer would have fit right in. So would Amazon. The Wizard incarnation from D2 would have been fine here as well. Mind you, I enjoy playing the game, but I am so utterly confused why they went in this direction.

Report this post

Explain why you are reporting this post:(750 characters max.)

I complete disagree with everything on the list. There are stuff I believe was done right but yeah...

Really... the story was good? I really need to go write a novel cause if you think the story in this game is good I would completely blow you always writing a book about a random story I just made up in the back fo my head.

The only good part about the story is the content they took from other sources and involved in the game. Its the only reason anything at all sounds good. The story outside taking material from the novels and all is just one of the WORST stories around. That being said, its lucky in this game I dont' judge it by story or it would be one of the worst games I played.

Report this post

Explain why you are reporting this post:(750 characters max.)

While I found the game immensely enjoyable, and I heartily agree with you Ms. Ford on your list. It was not until I began the "endgame" of Diablo 3 where I started to understand some of the criticism and outright hostility and frustration of the gamers that have been very vocal towards this game since it was in Beta.

The game from the ground up was build upon the foundation of the RMAH and subsequently any and all patches, balance updates, etc, henceforth. It's so blatantly transparent as to require one to squint at the sight of it.

I'm a believer in keeping classes and general gameplay balanced and fun, what I don't agree with is doing changes simply because it helps with the auction house. The recent patch with Diablo 3 has shown just that, and now I will gladly take my slice of humble pie and concede to those that have been praising the upcoming competitors and say "Yes you were right on this one."

Report this post

i actually disagree with every point in this article.......i don think that has ever happened.

D3 got very little right. Luckily they got the most important thing right which is combat.

Playing: PO, EVEWaiting for: WoD Favourite MMOs: VG, EVE, FE and DDOAny person who expresses rage and loathing for an MMO is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.

Report this post

Explain why you are reporting this post:(750 characters max.)

Im sorry but i cant agree with any of them, so lets see as the OP said:

5 - Auction House: Argue that is easy to toon up characters. Thats the point of an ARPG getting better gear to progress ingame, if you can buy your items from the AH theres no point in playing the game.

4 - Whimsyshire : Yes this is the endgame, Little poney and rainbows, i know theres a cow level in D2 but hey! THERE IS NO COW LEVEL! :)

3 - Companions: So you dont feel alone, a helpfull companion will follow you and get one shot everytime.

2 - Story: The best of the Three, there is girl that doenst believe in monters but she spend half the game killing them. Whats the story again!? i only finished the game 5 times.

1- Adrian, Cain, Leah: Who?

So many things that bliizard did right and none is the only thing blizzard can do in my opinion:

The Artwork in general, diablo 3 have many haters but everyone of them can agree that the artwork, music and cinematics are the best thing they can offer, besides that theres nothing else.

Watch this from 4 yrs ago and feel even more ripped off, yes this is the game four years ago, how can that be better then today, thats my question: